Results 1-20 of 33 for "direct provision" speaker:John Brady

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to publish the revised White Paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9686/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

John Brady: We need a fair, efficient and enforced immigration system. On the Government's watch, it has failed on all three of those counts and probably no more so than with the failure to tackle the issue of direct provision in a policy that was laid out in 2020. There has been some chatter and commentary about a revision of the ending of direct relation. In November, it was said that a memorandum...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: ...ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for international protection applicants; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: ...ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision centres, broken down by centre, in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres, broken down by centre, in County Wicklow, after their leave to remain has been granted, for the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9292/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

John Brady: ...directive from the ordinary social protection system. A review of the equity and adequacy of payments to international protection applicants must also be conducted. Sinn Féin remains committed to phasing out direct provision. However, given the significant escalation of the numbers coming here, the priority in the short to medium term must be the provision of larger accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Jan 2024)

John Brady: 1309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to use a building (details supplied) as a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56343/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Safety (7 Nov 2023)

John Brady: The Minister will be aware that the Ombudsman for Children published a report last month which cites concerns that children in direct provision and other forms of accommodation are not safe. He wrote: “How we treat children coming to this country will be a defining issue of our generation, and as things stand, history will not judge us well.” While I welcome the measures in...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

John Brady: ...In some cases, albeit limited, they provide what I would class as substandard and overcrowded accommodation, and questionable food on top of that. In terms of the for profit model, in particular direct provision, the White Paper from 2021 referred to ending direct provision by the end of 2024. The Minister acknowledged that those targets will be difficult to meet. It was stated...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (4 May 2023)

John Brady: .... To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the provision of direct provision and other accommodation for those seeking asylum; if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2022)

John Brady: 487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the accommodation capacity of each direct provision centre in County Wicklow by centre for each year since they were first used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2022)

John Brady: 488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the works that have been carried out in the direct provision centre (details supplied) in Wicklow town to increase the accommodation capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (4 Oct 2022)

John Brady: 489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the inspections that have been carried out in any of the centres in County Wicklow that are currently being used for direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2022)

John Brady: 682. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision centres in County Wicklow, broken down by centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37664/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Jul 2022)

John Brady: 683. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres in County Wicklow, broken down by centre, after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37665/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres by centre in County Wicklow after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2020)

John Brady: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of single persons, families, children and number of persons being accommodated in the temporary direct provision centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28094/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2020)

John Brady: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision accommodation in Bray, County Wicklow, for zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28095/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2020)

John Brady: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the contract ceases for direct provision in Bray, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28096/20]